Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) drum (c) violin (d) sarod
- 2.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) shehnai (b) drum (c) nadaswaram (d) violin
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) bansuri (c) damru (d) ghatam
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) trumpet (c) saxophone (d) mridangam
- 6.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: the guitar is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 9.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) harp (b) ghatam (c) ektara (d) violin
- 10.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by hitting it (c) by shaking it (d) by plucking strings
- 11.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 12.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 13.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) drum (c) manjira (d) sitar
- 14.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
- 15.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 17.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 18.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 19.True or false: the veena is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) shehnai (c) bansuri (d) harp
- 21.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 22.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) sitar (c) veena (d) guitar
- 24.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 25.True or false: the bansuri is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tambourine (b) guitar (c) drum (d) mridangam
- 27.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by bowing strings
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trumpet (b) conch (c) dholak (d) bansuri
- 29.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) flute
- 30.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) trumpet (c) guitar (d) sitar
- 31.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) veena (b) tabla (c) damru (d) shehnai
- 32.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 33.True or false: the flute is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 35.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) clarinet (c) dholak (d) harp
- 37.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) saxophone
- 39.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) mridangam
- 40.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
Answer key
- drum
- True
- violin
- bansuri
- mridangam
- True
- True
- string
- ghatam
- by blowing air into it
- wind
- wind
- sitar
- a bow
- True
- 6
- wind
- percussion
- False
- harp
- 7
- True
- damru
- percussion
- False
- guitar
- by tapping with hands
- dholak
- tabla
- trumpet
- veena
- string
- True
- wind
- True
- harp
- False
- saxophone
- mridangam
- percussion
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